Chinese symbol for “magazine”
杂志
zá zhì
Traditional: 雜誌
magazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for magazine is 杂志 (zá zhì), defined as: magazine; measure word: 本 (běn), 份 (fèn), 期 (qī).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “magazine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 弹匣 (彈匣) | dàn xiá | magazine (for ammunition) |
| 暗盒 | àn hé | magazine; cassette |
| 弹夹 (彈夾) | dàn jiā | ammunition clip; cartridge clip; magazine |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 杂志.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 复杂 (複雜) | fù zá | complicated; complex |
| 杂交 (雜交) | zá jiāo | to hybridize; to crossbreed |
| 杂种 (雜種) | zá zhǒng | hybrid; mixed breed |
| 混杂 (混雜) | hùn zá | to mix; to mingle |
| 杂草 (雜草) | zá cǎo | weeds |
| 同志 | tóng zhì | comrade; (slang) homosexual |
| 标志 (標誌) | biāo zhì | sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark |
| 意志 | yì zhì | will; willpower; determination |
See also: Japanese symbol for “magazine”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.